Title: Minimalist MAME Arcade
Post by: sdinet on March 20, 2012, 11:36:53 PM
Post by: sdinet on March 20, 2012, 11:36:53 PM
Way off topic, but heck this is the lounge =)
ALSO, Sorry for my absence to this forum, I have 3 kids under 4 and they keep me very busy!
I finally dusted this project off (been working on it for years) and completed it last weekend.
My goal was to have a minimalist MAME arcade cabinet (no floorspace, wallmount, no waste).
I did this by:
-using a LCD mounted mini-itx case (computer is 7"x7"x2" mouned behind the LCD)
-20" IPS LCD (best viewing angle and quality), also 4:3 aspect ratio (important for vintage games)
-2 person controls (a MUST)
-Fanless power supply, fanless CPU (dual core amd), fanless GPU (radeon 3100), and SSD (no moving parts). So it's silent, and uses less than 20watts)
-USB powered speakers (audio is via the same usb cable) this reduces cables and AC adapters!
Using Windows 7, hyperspin (very cool GUI front end), and 64bit Mame.
ALSO, Sorry for my absence to this forum, I have 3 kids under 4 and they keep me very busy!
I finally dusted this project off (been working on it for years) and completed it last weekend.
My goal was to have a minimalist MAME arcade cabinet (no floorspace, wallmount, no waste).
I did this by:
-using a LCD mounted mini-itx case (computer is 7"x7"x2" mouned behind the LCD)
-20" IPS LCD (best viewing angle and quality), also 4:3 aspect ratio (important for vintage games)
-2 person controls (a MUST)
-Fanless power supply, fanless CPU (dual core amd), fanless GPU (radeon 3100), and SSD (no moving parts). So it's silent, and uses less than 20watts)
-USB powered speakers (audio is via the same usb cable) this reduces cables and AC adapters!
Using Windows 7, hyperspin (very cool GUI front end), and 64bit Mame.
Title: Minimalist MAME Arcade
Post by: nextchef on March 26, 2012, 03:57:45 PM
Post by: nextchef on March 26, 2012, 03:57:45 PM
Very nice job. It looks great!
Can you provide some more details on the case you used, and possibly some pics from the back and side to see how it all looks. Did you fab the wall mount up yourself or was it purchased.
Thanks for the info, and again I must say a very nice job!
Can you provide some more details on the case you used, and possibly some pics from the back and side to see how it all looks. Did you fab the wall mount up yourself or was it purchased.
Thanks for the info, and again I must say a very nice job!
Title: Minimalist MAME Arcade
Post by: sdinet on March 31, 2012, 12:04:29 PM
Post by: sdinet on March 31, 2012, 12:04:29 PM
Here are the specs:
-Mini Box M350 Fanless Mini Itx Case w/Pico 60w PSU ($75)
-ECS HDC-I2(1.0) AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, Dual-Core) AMD Hudson D1 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo ($55 after rebate)
-xArcade dual Arcade controller (usb)
-OCZ Vertex 30gb SSD ($35 used)
-Windows 7 64bit, Hyperspin Frontend GUI and mamepui 64bit.
-20" 4:3 (1600x1200) IPS LCD
-usb powered Creative Labs speakers
Made the minimalist cabinet out of MDF/plywood.
Made the mount out of water/gas pipe and fittings, spray painted it with black enamel.
Here are some more photos:
-Mini Box M350 Fanless Mini Itx Case w/Pico 60w PSU ($75)
-ECS HDC-I2(1.0) AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, Dual-Core) AMD Hudson D1 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo ($55 after rebate)
-xArcade dual Arcade controller (usb)
-OCZ Vertex 30gb SSD ($35 used)
-Windows 7 64bit, Hyperspin Frontend GUI and mamepui 64bit.
-20" 4:3 (1600x1200) IPS LCD
-usb powered Creative Labs speakers
Made the minimalist cabinet out of MDF/plywood.
Made the mount out of water/gas pipe and fittings, spray painted it with black enamel.
Here are some more photos:
Title: Minimalist MAME Arcade
Post by: nextchef on April 04, 2012, 04:07:23 PM
Post by: nextchef on April 04, 2012, 04:07:23 PM
Thanks for the additional info and pics, sdinet :D